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Ski Service Enquiry - Tech Help Needed

 Poster: A snowHead
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Excuse my ignorance on this one but know little about the finer merits of tuning etc - but suspect i need advice!

I collected a pair of skis from Snow and Rock last week after they had a full service. It was late night opening and I was running out of time so I stupidly forgot to check the bases of my skis as they were doing a binding check etc. adn I needed to get away.

I am now getting ready for going away next week and am packing. Just looked at my skis and they have patched up the 'holes' ok but I am concerned about how smooth the bases are. There is a very definite 'pattern' to them. When looking from the side and with back lighting this appears as a diagonal almost ripple like effect.

As I rub my fingers from one edge to the other across the base I can feel the texture of the samll linear grooves which run from top to bottom (and I assume are from the stone grinding?).

Suppose my questions are: shouldn't the waxing mean that the bases feel almost smooth as glass? Is there a possibility that they haven't waxed them properly? Does the diagonal ripple effect sound wrong to you?

Concerned I'll get to resort and find that they don't run well. Hope someone can help!

PS If I knew how to I'd attach a photo to help..
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Solar Coaster, this little article on ski base structure theory may help. One or two of the diagrams may be what you describe:

http://www.racewax.com/servlet/the-template/ttstructure/Page

In the old days, skis had a central 'tracking groove' which was a distinct feature that ran from the tip to the tail of the ski. Theories on tracking a ski's travel, and breaking the suction between ski base and snow, are now more sophisticated, depending on conditions.

See how the skis run. You may not be disappointed.
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No, this sounds right to me. After I have waxed skis myself the surface is smooth, but after recent professional waxes I have noticed a very slight patterned texture is visible. I think this is to reduce the suction effect of wet snow ( even if the snow is not wet the pressure of the ski warms the snow creating its own water layer if the temperature of the snow is close to the freezing point (the high pressure under a skate blade means the skate is always sliding on water).
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Guys

Great advie and thanks.....the racewax site is particularly useful. As conditons are currently cold I'll give them a go as they are and if not have them waxed.

Thanks again.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
One thing I'd always recommend is carrying a block of universal ski wax with you. If the snow's sticky, just rubbing the wax on can make a huge difference.
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They will have used a texture machine to create this pattern - it's a kind of stone that creates this pattern in the base. If you look at any new skis in the shop they will have this textured base so that should give you some reassurance!
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